4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (409+ words) A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo on Thursday as part of a disaster relief mission to help fight wildfires in Indonesia that are causing a toxic haze impacting people's health in other countries. Japan deployed…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (336+ words) The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher borrowing costs....

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (322+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Canada on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney, his latest international trip aimed at locking in future support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion. Ukraine is under pressure from Russia's air war,…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (763+ words) For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe's highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that gave the colossus its name: Mont Blanc, the white mountain. But climate warming is dismantling the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (488+ words) Rescuers dug through the rubble of a Houthi-run prison that was hit in an airstrike in northern Yemen earlier this week, even as the Saudi-led coalition renewed its attacks on rebel areas Wednesday. Rescuers recovered four bodies, raising the death…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (283+ words) Contacts made by President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam, in addition to Arab and international efforts, have contributed to pacifying the situation in the city of Nabatieh, Al-Jadeed TV said on Tuesday, after 27 people were killed…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (422+ words) Israeli airstrikes overnight killed 12 people in a south Lebanon village, including two infants, Lebanese state media said Monday, a day after separate raids left seven dead. Israel has been intensifying strikes in the southern Nabatieh area after it said Thursday…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (528+ words) The United Nations' food agency said Tuesday it is halving food assistance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because of severe funding shortages and warned it may be forced to make further cuts in Gaza, where it supports 1.5 million people. The…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (615+ words) Shares were mixed in Europe and Asia and U.S. futures declined Monday on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve may raise interest rates soon. In early European trading, Germany's DAX lost 0.9% to 26,339.04, while the CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.1% lower, to 8,390.43. Markets in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (348+ words) Top ministers for Indonesia and China discussed increasing defense cooperation and strengthening food and energy security between their countries at their meetings Friday in Jakarta. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Indonesia and China also agreed to better coordinate on…...